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it is important to develop new sources of energy here in america. it will be up to the voters what path we should take. will we double down on the top- down economic policies that helped get us into this mess or embrace a new economic patriotism that says america does best when the middle class does best? i look forward to having that debate. >> it is in honor to be here with you. i appreciate the chance to be with the president. congratulations to you, mr. president, on your anniversary. i am sure this is the most romantic place you could imagine, here with me. congratulations. this is a tender topic. i have met people across the country. i was in dayton, ohio, and a woman said, "i have been out of work since may. can you help me?" yesterday was a rally in denver. a woman with a baby said, "my husband has had four jobs in three years -- part-time jobs. he lost his recent job." we lost our home. can you help us?" yes, we can. it will take a different path, not the one we have been on. not the one the president describes as a top-down tax cut for the
it is important to develop new sources of energy here in america. it will be up to the voters what path we should take. will we double down on the top- down economic policies that helped get us into this mess or embrace a new economic patriotism that says america does best when the middle class does best? i look forward to having that debate. >> it is in honor to be here with you. i appreciate the chance to be with the president. congratulations to you, mr. president, on your anniversary....
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in one year, you provided and $90 billion in breaks to the free energy world. i like green energy. that is about 50 years' worth of what oil and gas receives. this $2.8 billion goes to smaller companies. if we get that tax rate down to 25 per cent, that money is on the table. do not forget -- you put $90 billion into solar and wind solyndra and tesla. you pick the losers. this is not the kind of policy you want to have to get american energy secure. you said you get a deduction for taking a planned overseas. i have been in business for 25 years. i have no idea what you are talking about. the idea you get a break for shipping jobs over the seas is not the case. medicare -- medicaid to states -- i would like to take the medicaid dollars to go to state and tell them they will get what they got last year plus inflation plus 1%. you were manager care for the poor in the way you think best. as a governor when this idea was floated by tommy thompson, the governors said, please, let us do that. we can care for our own for and more effective a way than having the federal government tell us
in one year, you provided and $90 billion in breaks to the free energy world. i like green energy. that is about 50 years' worth of what oil and gas receives. this $2.8 billion goes to smaller companies. if we get that tax rate down to 25 per cent, that money is on the table. do not forget -- you put $90 billion into solar and wind solyndra and tesla. you pick the losers. this is not the kind of policy you want to have to get american energy secure. you said you get a deduction for taking a...
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the third area, energy. energy is critical, and production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up, but not due to his policies, in spite of his policies. mr. president, all the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land, not on government land. on government land, your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. i am president, i will double them, and also get the oil from offshore and alaska, and i will bring that pipeline in from canada. by the way, i like coal. people in the coal industry feel it is getting crushed by its -- by your policy. i want to get north america at energy independence so we can create those jobs. finally, with regards to that tax cut, i am not looking to cut massive tax and reduce the revenues going to the government. my number one principle is there'll be no tax cut that adds to the deficit. no tax cut that adds to the deficit. i do want to reduce the burden being paid by middle income americans. that also means i cannot reduce the burden paid by high-income americans. any language to the contrary is simply
the third area, energy. energy is critical, and production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up, but not due to his policies, in spite of his policies. mr. president, all the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land, not on government land. on government land, your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. i am president, i will double them, and also get the oil from offshore and alaska, and i will bring that pipeline in from canada. by the way, i like...
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people also feeling the president lacked energy and saying the moderator lost control. goggle analysts taking a look at the top four searches of the night and month them, simpson bowls, dodd frank and, of course, big bird. >> that was the moment that governor romney would end the subsidy to pbs, home of lehrer and big bird. and there is a lot of interest. they helped bring new life into the political arena and looking forward to the next round. the vice presidential debate coming up next week. president obama and governor romney will face off once again october 16th. in washington, steve sentani, fox news. >>> getting up close to perhaps appreciate the space shuttle atlantis. the visitors had a chance to go inside the shuttle before it goes on permanent display next summer. from the flight deck and to the crew. hatch where thousands of signatures were left by members. shuttle workers, dignitaries and celebrities. they have maintained and upgraded the shuttle throughout the 30-year history and many say it's emotional. >> this is the last time we're going do this. >> and
people also feeling the president lacked energy and saying the moderator lost control. goggle analysts taking a look at the top four searches of the night and month them, simpson bowls, dodd frank and, of course, big bird. >> that was the moment that governor romney would end the subsidy to pbs, home of lehrer and big bird. and there is a lot of interest. they helped bring new life into the political arena and looking forward to the next round. the vice presidential debate coming up next...
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>> i actually did not know mitt romney views on energy. i think independent energy is a great idea. >> this is weighing in alexandria virginia on the republican line. >> i listened to the debate and the president mentioned the number one job of the government is to protect the people. now he is the executive chief commander. that is his no. 1 job in his branch of the government. he did talk about strengthening our military -- he did not mention anything about strengthening the military which mitt romney did mention that he was going to keep the government strong. my biggest issue is the economy right now, but also if you look at the middle east crisis, iran, libya, and some of these other countries, if war breaks out in the middle east, and with the oil problem and fuel shortages, if you think our grocery stores can get into when there is two or 3 inches of snow coming down, imagine getting our oil cut off, and this crisis with our american embassies being under attack. >> so when it comes to the economy, which was the discussion tonight,
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the third area, energy. energy is critical. and the president pointed out correctly that production of oil and gases in the u.s. is up. but not due to his policies. in spite of his policies. mr. president, all of the inies in -- the increase in natural gas and oil is on private land, not government land. on government land, your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i am president, i will double them. i will also gets the oil from offshore and alaska. i will bring that pipeline in from canada. by the way, i like coal. i want to make sure we can continue to burn clean coal. people in the coal industry think it's getting crushed by your policies. i wanted to get america and north america energy independent to create jobs. finally with regards to the tax cut. look, i am not looking to cut massive taxes and reduce the revenues going to the government. my number 1 principle is no tax cut that adds to the deficit. no tax cut that adds to the deficit. but i want to reduce the burden being paid by middle
the third area, energy. energy is critical. and the president pointed out correctly that production of oil and gases in the u.s. is up. but not due to his policies. in spite of his policies. mr. president, all of the inies in -- the increase in natural gas and oil is on private land, not government land. on government land, your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i am president, i will double them. i will also gets the oil from offshore and alaska. i will...
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let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. [ male announcer ] how do you make 70,000 trades a second... ♪ reach one customer at a time? ♪ or help doctors turn billions of bytes of shared information... ♪ into a fifth anniversary of remission? ♪ whatever your business challenge, dell has the technology and services to help you solve it. >>> a massive scandal is unfolding in massachusetts. it centers around this woman. her name is annie duken. state drug lab entrusted with thousands of drug labs, evidence in several cases but she's accused of faking drug results and forging and breaking drug protocol. what happens based on the questionable drug samples handled by her. here's susan candiotti w
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energy. energy is critical and the president pointed out correctly that production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up. but not due to his policies. inspite of his policies. mr. president, all of the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land. not on government land. on government land, your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i'm president, i'll double them. and also get the oil from offshore and alaska and bring that pipeline in from canada. by the way, i like coal. i'm going to make sure we continue to burn clean coal. people in the coal industry feel like it is getting crushed by your policies. i want to get america and north america energy independent to create those jobs. finally, in regards to that tax cut -- look, i'm not looking to cut massive taxes and to reduce the revenues going to the government. number one principle is, there will be no tax cut that adds to the deficit. but i do want to reduce the burden being paid by middle incom
energy. energy is critical and the president pointed out correctly that production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up. but not due to his policies. inspite of his policies. mr. president, all of the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land. not on government land. on government land, your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i'm president, i'll double them. and also get the oil from offshore and alaska and bring that pipeline in from canada. by...
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one gives us energy independence. and that creates about four million jobs number two... open up more trade for latin america, crack down on china 1k3 make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed. the best schools in the world. we're far from that now, four get to us a balanced budget, five, champion small business, it's small business creating jobs in america. and over the last four years, small business people have decided america may not be the place to open a new business. >>> we do have a difference under definitions of small business. under my plan 97% of small business woz not see income taxes go up. governor romney says top 3% are the job creators and they'd be burdened but under that definition there are millionaires and businesses. donald trump is a small business. i know he doesn't like to think of himself as small anything but that is how you define small business is if you're getting business income. >> and a crucial first debate each trying to convince voters that he is the one who can turn the economy around. who got the message across tonight?
one gives us energy independence. and that creates about four million jobs number two... open up more trade for latin america, crack down on china 1k3 make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed. the best schools in the world. we're far from that now, four get to us a balanced budget, five, champion small business, it's small business creating jobs in america. and over the last four years, small business people have decided america may not be the place to open a new business....
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one gives us energy independence. and that creates about four million jobs number two... open up more trade for latin america, crack down on china 1k3 make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed. the best schools in the world. we're far from that now, four get to us a balanced budget, five, champion small business, it's small business creating jobs in america. and over the last four years, small business people have decided america may not be the place to open a new business. music is a universal language. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. information on my phone. connection to doctors who get where i'm from. and tools to estimate what my care may cost. so i never missed a beat. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list at's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. e
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my plan has five basic parts one, get us energy independent, north america energy independent. that creates about four million jobs. open up more trade, particularly in the lain america, crack down on china, if and when they cheat. number three, make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed, and the best schools in the world. we're far away from that now. number 4, get us to a balanced budget. number five, champion small business. it's small business that creates the jobs in america, and over the last four years, small business people have decided that america may not be the place to open a new business because new business start-ups are down to a 30-year low. i know what it takes to get small business growing again, to hire people. now, i'm concerned that the path we're on has just been unsuccessful. the president has a view very similar to the view he had when he ran four years ago, that a bigger government, spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you will, trickle-down government would work. that's not the right answer for america. i'll restore the vitali
my plan has five basic parts one, get us energy independent, north america energy independent. that creates about four million jobs. open up more trade, particularly in the lain america, crack down on china, if and when they cheat. number three, make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed, and the best schools in the world. we're far away from that now. number 4, get us to a balanced budget. number five, champion small business. it's small business that creates the jobs in...
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energy independence, education, trade agreements, cutting the deficit and help for small businesses. the website, nextnewdeal, discovered this five-point plan, well, has been pushed before. by senator john mccain when he accepted the republican nomination four years ago. the five points were in a different order, but in the speech, exactly the same thing. there's really no real difference. four years earlier, here it is, an almost identical five-point plan was offered by president george w. bush when he was accepting the republican nomination for re-election. now, the five points were in a different order in this speech, in the actual speech. small businesses were mentioned twice. you get the picture in all of this. bush also repeatedly mentioned no child left behind even though it wasn't one of the five points. we need to see president obama dismantle romney as more of the same and dismantle these romney lies. here's the president in wisconsin today. >> whoever it was that was on stage last night doesn't want to be held accountable for what the real mitt romney's been saying for the
energy independence, education, trade agreements, cutting the deficit and help for small businesses. the website, nextnewdeal, discovered this five-point plan, well, has been pushed before. by senator john mccain when he accepted the republican nomination four years ago. the five points were in a different order, but in the speech, exactly the same thing. there's really no real difference. four years earlier, here it is, an almost identical five-point plan was offered by president george w....
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that is available energy for very heavy rain. you with me? >> i'm with you. >> oat warmer the air, the more water vapor it hold. cold air can't hold a lot of water vapor. the polar regions, i know they are covered in snow and ice but parts of the polar regions only get about an inch of snow a year. cold air can't hold much water vapor at all. they don't get much in wait of rain and/or snow. still following me? >> is that why sometimes when it snows a lot, we all say it feels warmer though. >> he y a -- yes, a whole different question. we have those two principles in place. just because the air is warm or hot though, it does not mean that we've got a lot of moisture. we see that the deserts of the u.s. in the southwest. it is 110 in phoenix but it never rains. so you need a combination. here is what you really want for very heavy rainfall. you want a air mass in place or ingredients for a large temperature gradient. on one side of the front, you might want temperature in the 80s or 90s with a lot of moisture available and on the other side of
that is available energy for very heavy rain. you with me? >> i'm with you. >> oat warmer the air, the more water vapor it hold. cold air can't hold a lot of water vapor. the polar regions, i know they are covered in snow and ice but parts of the polar regions only get about an inch of snow a year. cold air can't hold much water vapor at all. they don't get much in wait of rain and/or snow. still following me? >> is that why sometimes when it snows a lot, we all say it feels...
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one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. so i brought it to mike at meineke. we gave her car a free road handling check. i like free. free is good. my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> a crime lab worker accused of tampering with evidence. her arrest has called into question 34,000 criminal cases. what could drive somebody to do this? we'll talk with an expert when we continue. >>> welcome back. crime an
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so that is going to help romney with energy when it comes to grassroots campaigning and energy when it comes to fund-raising and donors so that all cannot be sdouptdiscounted. will it win him the presidency? not by a long shot, but it makes the navive and discussion about this campaign completely different than it was yesterday. >> dana bash is reporting live for us thanks so. >>> the law about the economy last night and hard to know who is telling the truth. president obama would say one thing and governor romney would contradict it, especially on tax cuts. so who has the answers? i know. our chief business correspondent ali velshi is here. i've missed you! >> we spent very early mornings together and nice we both get to sleep a little more. >> exactly. >> we have heard a lot of numbers thrown around last night. tell us what they mean. >> a lot of things to do how you are going to deal with the deficit a major concerns of americans vis-a-vis taxes, who is going to do what. president obama made an allegation about mitt romney's tax plan and how it will increase the deficit. let's play
so that is going to help romney with energy when it comes to grassroots campaigning and energy when it comes to fund-raising and donors so that all cannot be sdouptdiscounted. will it win him the presidency? not by a long shot, but it makes the navive and discussion about this campaign completely different than it was yesterday. >> dana bash is reporting live for us thanks so. >>> the law about the economy last night and hard to know who is telling the truth. president obama...
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the romney campaign today said he did not mean what he said about half the energy companies supported by the obama administration going bankrupt. he didn't actually mean that. sort of rolled over from democratic and liberal bewilderment last night that mr. romney was abandoning his main economic plan that he was running on, his $5 trillion tax cut plan, his big trickle-down plan, to be rolled over from democrats being bewildered about that to the beltway press and mainstream pundits i think now having a hard time deciding whether they are supposed to call that a lie or whether they're supposed to just say this is a radically new position for the candidate and welcome to it. joining us now, jonathan alter, columnist for "bloomberg news" and msnbc political analyst. mr. alter, great to have you here. >> hi, rachel. >> how does president obama counter the strategy of mitt romney's to unveil whole new ideas or deny he ever held the ideas that he plainly has held? it's one thing to have a truth squad fact checking online. how do you counter that at the podium? >> one is i'm rubber, you're
the romney campaign today said he did not mean what he said about half the energy companies supported by the obama administration going bankrupt. he didn't actually mean that. sort of rolled over from democratic and liberal bewilderment last night that mr. romney was abandoning his main economic plan that he was running on, his $5 trillion tax cut plan, his big trickle-down plan, to be rolled over from democrats being bewildered about that to the beltway press and mainstream pundits i think now...
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the third area, energy. energy is critical in the president pointed out correctly that production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up, but not due to his policies. despite of his policies. mr. president, all the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land, not on government land. on government land, your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i am president, i will double them and also get the oil from offshore in alaska and bring a pipeline from canada. and by the way, i let cool. i will make sure we continue to burn clean coal. people in the coal industry feel like it's getting crushed by your policies. i went to get america and north america energy independence so we can get those jobs. with regards to the tax-cut, i am not looking to cut nasa's taxes and reduce revenues going to the government. my number one principle is there will be no tax cut that adds to the deficit. no tax cuts as to the deficit. but i do want to reduce the burden being paid by middle inc
the third area, energy. energy is critical in the president pointed out correctly that production of oil and gas in the u.s. is up, but not due to his policies. despite of his policies. mr. president, all the increase in natural gas and oil has happened on private land, not on government land. on government land, your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i am president, i will double them and also get the oil from offshore in alaska and bring a pipeline from...
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one, get us energy-independent. north american energy independent. that creates about four million jobs. number two, open up more trade, particularly in latin america, crack down on china, if and when they cheat. number three, make sure our people have the skills they need to succeed and the best schools in the world. we're far away from that now. number four, get us to a balanced budget. numb five, champion small business. it's small business that creates the jobs in america, and over the last four years small business people have decided that america may not be the place to open a new business because new business start-ups are down to a 30-year low. i know what it takes to get small business going again, to hire people. now, i'm concerned that the path that we're on has just been unsuccessful. the president has a view very similar to the view he had when he ran four years ago, that a bigger government, spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you will, trickle down government, would work. that's not the right answer for america. i'll restor
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us bank ♪ melissa: so, on to energy. you know it will be one of the big top picks in tonight's debate. which candid and the upper hand? let's break down their plans. executive vice president of the consumer energy alliance. what do you expect to hear from the president on energy? >> well, i think the talking points that we will hear from the president on that he has and all of the above energy plan and will certainly highlight the fact of we have been producing more oil than we have the last 15 years and that natural gas production is up quite a bit and that he wants to get us off well enough of coal. melissa: it is sort of disingenuous in my mind for him to take credit. when i hear him talking about the drilling, that is all on private land, not federal. natural gas, that is a function of technological breakthrough. will he be it will take credit for those things? >> he will certainly try. you know. we would point out that the oil production and natural gas production on federal land has gone down dramatically over the
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and you can already sense in the crowds the special energy of the home stretch. but tonight, surprisingly, and in contrast to the daily scrap on the trail, no zingers, no roundhouse punches. hardly any humor. instead, long answers, sometimes dense arguments. the president struggled to score points on what polls show is romney's biggest vulnerability. most voters believe he favors the rich. and obama tried to portray the romney/ryan plan for medicare in that light. >> when you move to a voucher system, you are putting seniors at the mercy of those insurance companies. and over time, if traditional medicare has decayed or fallen apart, then they're stuck. >> reporter: for his part, romney zeroed in on what may be obama's big vulnerability, the unpopularity of his health care plan and the sense that he took his eye off the economic ball when he pushed for it. >> i just don't know how the president could have come into office, facing 23 million people out of work, rising unemployment, an economic crisis at the kitchen table and spend his energy and passion for two ye
and you can already sense in the crowds the special energy of the home stretch. but tonight, surprisingly, and in contrast to the daily scrap on the trail, no zingers, no roundhouse punches. hardly any humor. instead, long answers, sometimes dense arguments. the president struggled to score points on what polls show is romney's biggest vulnerability. most voters believe he favors the rich. and obama tried to portray the romney/ryan plan for medicare in that light. >> when you move to a...
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i think it's important for us to develop new sources of energy here in america. that we change our tax code to make sure that we are helping small businesses and companies that are investing here in the united states. >> reporter: what we saw after the president framed that way, though, framed it that way is that mitt romney punched back and said, wait a second you've been president for four years, why haven't you done some of that. it didn't appear that the president had been challenged in that kind of a direct way in a longtime and didn't really counter punch on those points. he's going to have to recover quickly now not just because we have two more presidential debates and a vice presidental one coming next week, but tomorrow there is a jobs report for the month of september. that is something the obama camp will have to be ready for as well. jon: some are saying is part of the reason romney scored is because he was more personal, had a more personal approach. do you think that is the case in. >> there were some elements of that. we've heard so much out off t
i think it's important for us to develop new sources of energy here in america. that we change our tax code to make sure that we are helping small businesses and companies that are investing here in the united states. >> reporter: what we saw after the president framed that way, though, framed it that way is that mitt romney punched back and said, wait a second you've been president for four years, why haven't you done some of that. it didn't appear that the president had been challenged...